The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFinality is not the language of politics.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Justice is truth in action.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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